The arguments used by opponents of the general property tax are no longer as convincing as they once were and the limitations of taxing only income, but not wealth, in our highly unequal nation have begun to come into sharper view.
Thanks 🙏 for the birthday 🎉 wishes! I was inspired and moved to tears 😭 listening to 2Pac’s Dear Mama for the first time when I was 16. I made my own mother dedication song using You Are My Sunshine as a chorus when I was 17! 🥳
The cycle will cycle itself out. By surrending to whatever You disappear it by choosing to be one with it and refusing to want to change it as it arises. Do this continuously no matter what nonstop. No exception here or there. Surrender it
The body is a conduit thru which miracles, divinity, & all kinds of phenomenal events blossom into life.
Within joy, we release grief & let it process out flowing freely. The paradox of joy is that it lets repressed negativity come to the surface to be freed & up feel lighter
A character idea 💡 came to me of an evangelist pastor that swears in their sermons for emphasis. E.g. “Jesus ✝️fucking Christ ❤️🔥came down from fucking heaven and saved our fucking asses from the devil. He gave us our fucking salvation.”
Here are scenes from my #family adventure story BoyWonder as drawn by #OpenAI #imagegenerator.
The story is best encapsulated by RALPH WALDO EMERSON:
WHAT IS SUCCESS? TO LAUGH OFTEN AND MUCH: TO WIN THE RESPECT OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE AND THE AFFECTION OF CHILDREN: TO EARN THE APPRECIATION OF HONEST CRITICS AND ENDURE THE BETRAYAL OF FALSE FRIENDS; TO APPRECIATE THE #beauty; TO FIND THE BEST IN OTHERS; TO LEAVE THE WORLD A BIT BETTER, WHETHER BY A HEALTHY CHILD, A #garden PATCH OR A REDEEMED SOCIAL CONDITION; TO KNOW EVEN ONE LIFE HAS BREATHED EASIER BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIVED.
“The leap from the Newtonian paradigm of linear causality, perception, and duality to the nonlinear reality that transcends perception is not easily made in our society. However, it is of value to those who work towards #spiritual evolution or the progression of science to understanding the #nature of #life itself.”
- The Eye of the I by David Hawkins, chapter 3: the Nature of the Quest.
Making threats is pretty ordinary in the Russian military culture. Participate in their mythological ethnic cultural test then give them free alcohol and they will fuck off. This goes for Russian civilians too. If you are not afraid of death, then you make your grandfathers’ Russian Revolutionaries proud. 🥹 This post is for educational and historical purposes only.